Draft-gear.



G. W. SCHNEIDER.

DRAFT GEAR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY I? 19!!)- memd 31111.18,1916.

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G. W. SCHNEIDER.

DRAFT GEAR,

APPLICATION FILED )ULY 1?, 1915.

11%35339. Patented. Jan. 18, 1916.

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GEOEZGE W. SCHNEIDER, 0F ARGECN'IA, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TOMONROE 251533.321, OE ARGENTA, ARKANSAS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1%, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gaoaos W. SCHNEIDER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Argenta, in the county ofPulaski and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and usefulDraft-Gear, of which the following is a specification.

The device formin the subject matter of this application is adapted tobe assembled with a draft rigging of known form, to constitute a supporttherefor, the structure being of peculiar utility upon railway vehicles.

The invention aims to provide novel means for supportin the draft beamand the coupler so that t ese parts will be permitted to have thenecessary movements, accidental misplacements thereof being prevented.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the presentinvention ap ertains.

With the above an other objects in view which will appear as thedescription roceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 shows in longitudinal section,one form of draft rigging wherewith the device forming the subjectmatter of this application has been assembled, parts bein broken away;Fi 2 is a side elevation s owing a portion ot the structure delineatedin Fig. 1, parts being in section; Fig. 3 is a vertical transversesection wherein sundry parts of the draft rigging appear in elevation;Fig. 4 is a cross section taken approximately on the line H of Fig. 1;Fig. 5 is a to plan of the supporting arm; Fig. 6 is a side elevation othe supporting arm; Fig. 7 is a fra mental cross section showing aslight modification in the invention.

T he device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted tobe em loyed in connection with a known form 0 draft rig ing, and thisrigging will first be descri ed, proper indication being made at thepoint where the description of parts considered to be new begins.

The numeral 1 designates the floor of a railway vehicle, the numeral 2designating longitudinal sills.

lhe numeral 3 indicates an end sill, the numeral 4: designates atransverse buli'er beam, and the numeral 5 denotes a butler block on thebufier beam.

A draft beam 6 is shown, the same having a vertical opening 7.

Secured in a manner to be described hereinafter to the forward end ofthe draft beam 6 is a coupler 8.

For the parts above described and enumerated no novelty is claimed,saving in so far as they may cooperate with elements to be describedhereinafter.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided an arm 9 locatedbeneath the draft beam 6 and the coupler 8. Bolts 10 or other securingelements are employed for uniting the coupler 8 with the draft beam 6,and in the present embodiment of the invention, the bolts 10 areelongated sufiiciently so as to pass through 0 enings 11 in the arm 9,thereby to hold tie arm in place, as shown best in Fig. 1. At itsforward end, the arm 9 is provided with a table 12 which bears againstthe under face of the coupler 8, intermediate the ends of the coupler,the table 12 having at its sides, upright flanges 14 which lie uponopposite sides of the coupler, as shown in Fig. 3. The arm 9 embodieslongitudinal side flanges 15 which. at their rear ends, may coact withthe side faces of the draft beam 6, one of the flanges 15 preferablybeing cut away at its rear end, as indicated at 16 in Fig. 5, in orderto accommodate certain enlargements sometimes found upon the draft beam6. Intermediate its ends the arm 9 is supplied with a transverse rib 17,which, as shown in Fig. 1, engages the forward end of the draft beam 6and aids in holding the arm 9 in place. Adjacent its rear end, the arm 9is provided with spaced projections 18 which bear a ainst the draft cum6 at opposite sides oi the opening 7 therein. In the arm 9 between theprojections 18, there is formed an elongated opening 19 lying below theopening 7 in the draft beam 6. About the openin 19 in the arm 9, andupon the under sur ace of the arm, a concaved seat may be formed. Theflanges 14 of the arm are provided with eyes 21, receiving the lowerends of upwardly extended chains .22, assembled with eye bolts .23mounted in the butter beam 4.

The invention com arises an upright support in the form oi a rod 2-1:,extended through the opening T in the draft beam 6, and through theopening 19 in the arm 9. The support 24 is provided adjacent its lowerend with an opening :25 through which may be straddled a key 526upholding an abutment 27, engaging the lower end of a helicalcompression spring .28, the upper end of which is engaged by an abutment29 having a rounded end 30 received in the concaved seat 20 of the arm.Pivotally mounted in an eye -12 formed at the upper end of the rod orsupport 24: is a link 3]., concatenated with a rectangularly disposedlink 32, the upper end of which is enlarged to receive a transverse pin33, concavcd downwardlv intermediate its ends as shown at 34 in bi 4.Upon the loiwitudinal sills S2, U-shapc brackets are placed, the samebeing secured by means of attaching elements 36. The brackets 35 areprovided, as shown in Figs. 2 and l with ownwardly concaved seats 37 inwhich the ends of the pin 33 are received. When the car is of steelconstruction, the sills 2 may be replaced by channels 38 as shown inF1". 7, and under such circumstances, the brac -ets may be ofhook-shape, the upper arms thereo being united by means oi attachingelements it) with the upper flange of the channel 38. The seat 41 is ofthe sort hereinbefore described and indicated at 37.

The arm 9, being attached to the draft beam 6 by means of the bolts 10,serves to uphold the beam and maintain it in line with the coupler 8 asFi s. l and 3 will clearly show. The spring 28 a sorbs the shock reducedby a downward movement of the lieam 6 and the coupler 8 during thecoupling 0 eration, and serves to raise these parts to t \eir normalpositions. The spring 28, further, permits the beam 6 and coupler 8 tohave the necessary vertical movement while the vehicle of which thedraft rigging constitutes a part is running on the road. If it isdesired to vary the compressive effort of the spring 28, washers (notshown) may be inserted between the abutment 27-and the key 26, as aperson skilled in the art will understand readilv. Owing to the presenceof the links 31 an 32, the draft rigging may be iermitted to have thenecessary reciprocat- In; movement in a longitudinal direction. Wien thedraft rigging moves longitudinally as above described, the ends of thepin 33 are adapted to ride back and forth in the seats 37, and becausethese seats are down wardly concaved, the pin 33 will be returned to acentralized position. Further, the link 4.2 will'be centralized on thepin 33, because the pin is downwardly concaved as shown at 34 in Fig.-l. The chains .21 act as safety devices supporting the draft mechanismshould the rod 24 or any parts assembled therewith give way. The rib ITand the proections 18 on the arm 9 coact with the draft cum 6 to sustainthe arms against longitudinal strains as hereinbeforo pointed out, andas evident from Fig. 1.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. In a device of the class described, a car; opposed brackets mountedon the car and provided with downwardly concaved seats extendedlongitudinally of the car; a cross member having its ends slidablymounted in the seats; a draft rigging; and means for connecting thedraft rigging with the cross member.

.2. In a device of the class described, a car; a cross member carriedthereby and having a downwardly concaved upper edge; a draft rigging; anmeans for supporting the draft rigging, said means engaging the concuvedupper edge of the cross member.

3. In a device of the class described, a car; opposed brackets mountedon the car and provided with downwardly concaved seats extendedlongitudinally of the car; a cross member having its ends slidablylodged in the seats, the upper edge of the cross member being downwardlyconcaved; a draft rigging; and supporting means for the draft rigging,the supporting means being slidablv engaged with the concaved up peredge 0 the cross member.

d. In a device of the class described, a car; a draft ri ging embodyinga draft beam and a coupl er assembled therewith; an arm securedintermediate its ends to the draft beam and bearing at its forward endagainst the coupler; a support extended through the arm and the beam;means for assem ling the a per end of the support with the car; an autment on the lower end of the support; and a s ring interposed betweenthe abutment and the arm.

5. In a device of the class described, a car; a draft rigging carried bythe car and comprising a draft beam and a coupler assemblcd with thedraft beam, the draft beam being provided with an opening; an armbearing at its forward end against the lower face of the coupler; asecurin element uniting the coupler, the draft lieam and the arm; andthe arm being provided with progections, one of which enga es thtforward end of the beam, the other oFwhicl engages the beam within thecontour o: the o ening.

6. n a device of the class described, 5 car; adraft rigging carried bythe car Int comprising a draft beam and a con ler as sembled with adraft beam, the dra t bean being provided with an opening; an armbearing at its forward end against the lower face of the coupler; asecuring element uniting the coupler, the draft beam and the arm; andthe arm being provided with projections, one of which engages theforward end of the beam, the other oi which engages the beam within thecontour of the opening; a support extended through the opening; meansfor assembling the u per end of the support with the car; an a utment onthe lower end of the support; and a spring interposed between theabutment and the arm.

7. In a, device of the'class described, a car; a draft rigging embodyinga draft beam and a. coupler assembled therewith; an arm secured to thedraft beam and hearing upon the cou ler in advance of the draft beam;and fiexi 1e beams for connecting Copies of this patent may be obtainedfor in cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents.Washington, D. O.

